[Drizzt]

Rifles stolen from parking lot

By Canadian Press

MONTREAL (CP) -- Police were requesting the public's help Friday after 382 hunting rifles were stolen earlier this week from a truck's trailer in a parking lot.

The theft of the Winchester and Browning rifles happened early on Tuesday, police said.

The trailer holding the rifles was in a transport company's parking lot, which had a guard and security cameras.

Montreal police Cmdr. Leonard Lechman said the company will be lectured about security.

Lechman said he expects the firearms will be sold to hunters and not to criminals.

"People who might be found in possession of this type of weapon could be accused of possession of stolen goods," Lechman said.

Police have few clues but believe the theft was committed by members of organized crime.

Police have not excluded the possibility of charging the owner of the trailer with negligence.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2003/03/28/53341-cp.html

:what: OOPS!

[El Tejon]

Well, Chief Wiggum, this is an easy case to crack. Since Canada has firearms registration, you simply find out where these guns are registered and pick them up. Duh!

[Standing Wolf]

Montreal police Cmdr. Leonard Lechman said the company will be lectured about security.

That'll stop this kind of thing right now!

[Airwolf]

Hmmm... You artificially restrict the flow of goods under the guise of "the State knows what’s good for you" and the criminal element becomes emboldened to steal (and possibly redistribute for profit) the items that the state says its subjects, er CITIZENS, can’t have.

Now where have I seen this phenomenon before?

[cool45auto]

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[MeekandMild]

misfire

[DadOfThree]

People who might be found in possession of this type of weapon could be accused of possession of stolen goods," Lechman said.
Seems that this works out rather well for the government. Now even legal hunting rifles can be confiscated until such time that they are deemed to be not part of the stolen rifles. Of course as busy as the police are, it may take 6 months or so to check it out. In the mean time, that's just one more gun off of the streets that may commit a crime. :rolleyes:

[Selfdfenz]

"People who might be found in possession of this type of weapon could be accused of possession of stolen goods," Lechman said.

Do tell!

S-

[jimpeel]

Montreal police Cmdr. Leonard Lechman said the company will be lectured about security. "And I shall wag my finger vigorously before his face as I do so."

[4v50 Gary]

El Tejon: you're a regular detective. I was going to suggest going through the ammo buyer list and checking it against the registered gun list. Darn if your suggestion doesn't cut out one step. :) Canadians can sleep safer tonight knowing that by daybreak, all those guns will have been recovered. :D

[Kharn]

I sort of doubt the criminals were happy when they found their stash did not include many FALs or M1 rifles.

Kharn

[El Tejon]

[El Tejon pulled up pants and sniffing] Gary, [Fifesque sniffing] I don't need to bother you with all 2 of my arrests in my LE career. You have to get up pretty early in the morning, and eat funny round bacon, to fool El Tejon.:p